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LaCie Rugged Mini: Portable Rugged Storage on the Go

Range — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:41:53 +0000

While LaCie isn’t new to the rugged hard drive market segment, they’re about to release a miniaturized version of their popular Neil Poulton designed hard drives, which are shock, drop and rain-resistant.

These drives look pretty good, thanks to their stylish orange rubber protective case. They are safe to drop up to 4 feet, so it’s a good bet that your data will remain intact if you’re in the habit of dropping things. They are also 1-ton pressure resistant in case you (or your pet grizzly bear) ever step or sit on your drive after you drop it.

They’re also USB 3.0 compatible, so they won’t be slow when it comes to transferring your data.

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The Rugged Mini comes in 500GB ($99.99) and 1TB ($159.99) sizes. A 500 GB 7,200 RPM version will cost $119.99. They will be available soon over at LaCie.

LaCie Porsche Hard Drives: Speedy and Sporty, Just Like Their Cars

Range — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:41:40 +0000

While I admire LaCie’s efforts in designing good-looking hard drives, their new mobile Porsche drives look even better than most. The latest hard drives include the LaCie Porsche Design Mobile P’9220 and Desktop P’9230 Hard Drives.

Both models are compatible with USB 3.0, meaning that they’ll not just look spiffy, but be quite speedy. Also, the housing looks minimal and elegant, since it’s mostly made out of brushed aluminum. The aluminum is scratch-proof, so you won’t have to worry about scuffing it up too quickly. As I’ve learned from my own MacBook Pro, aluminum works great for dissipating heat too.

The mobile version comes in 500GB and 1TB capacities, while the desktop version is available in 1TB or 2TB sizes. The mobile version starts at $109.99 (USD), while the desktop ranges from $119.99 to $159.99.

[via LaCie]

LaCie Float Concept External HDD Doubles as a Trackpad

Shane McGlaun — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 14:30:52 +0000

I think that all computer users need an external HDD to back their data up to. If you are like me and haven’t taken a picture on film in years, you probably have a drive inside your computer full of pics that you can’t replace if they get lost in a crash. That’s the sort of thing you need to backup.

The problem with most external hard drives is that they just sit there and get in the way. They have no point other than to store your data. LaCie has all sorts of external storage products and a designer named André Silva has come up with a design concept for LaCie called the Float.

This HDD is all kinds of cool because it has a point other than to just store data. The drive has a top that can be used as a multi-touch track pad that recognizes gestures. As an added bonus, the unit “floats” atop your desktop on a glass base, which has cool LED lighting underneath.

This thing looks like something Apple would sell to me. It’s a really cool idea and I hope that the product comes to market.

[via Yanko Design]

Lacie Tank Protects Anything That You Can Cram in It

Shane McGlaun — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:36:09 +0000

I have what it technically referred to as a crap-ton of gadgets and gizmos. The thing with most of this stuff is that it is so fragile that I know one drop or splash of water will kill it. With that in mind, I constantly threaten to ground my kids forever if they get around my gear with drinks and I typically leave my stuff at home.

LaCie has a new storage box that will turn your non-rugged gadgets into rugged gear that you can at least take with you when you go places. The box is called the LaCie Tank and it measures in at 1.6″ x 4.8″ x 7.3″ and weighs 9 ounces. The thing has a foam interior that you can customize to fit the gadget you want to cram in it.

According to LaCie, the Tank will hold a 2.5-inch HDD, Nintendo DS, digital camera and all sorts of other things. It is IP-63 rated for dust and water protection and meets military standards for shock and drop resistance. You can pick up the Tank for £19.99 (appx. $32 US).

Lacie Moskeyto: the Littlest USB Flash Drive You’Ll See Today

Technabob — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:51:12 +0000

LaCie today rolled out an unusual new USB flash drive, which is so tiny you can leave it plugged into your computer all the time and never notice it sticking out of the side.

The MosKeyto flash drive is just 20mm long, and 14mm of that is the USB connector – leaving just a 6mm stub sticking out of your computer. This is great for laptop users, so you never forget about your flash drive, and you also don’t have to worry about breaking it off or where to store it when you travel.

The drives come in 4GB ($17.99 USD) and 8GB ($27.99) capacities. A 16GB model is also on the way. For more info on the MosKeyto, head on over to LaCie’s website. Giant mosquito not included.

Lacie USB Keys Open Up a World of Frustration

Lambert Varias — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:52:02 +0000

LaCie have made it their mission to come up with creative and entertaining products that allow customers to unintentionally destroy or misplace their data as easily as possible. After releasing their coin-shaped CurrenKey flash-drives, LaCie now present to us flash drives that look like keys. Prepare to lose data in the name of industrial design.

The iamaKey is the tough cooKey in the bunch. It’s water- and scratch-resistant, and its protective edges ensure that you’ll never insert the drive with the wrong side up, but it won’t prevent you from attempting to do so anyway. It will also not prevent you from trying to start your car with it after a beer or six.

The iamaKey comes in 4Gb and 8Gb versions. The 4Gb costs $18 USD while the 8Gb costs $28 USD. If iamaKey is a flash drive for the toughies, there’s itsaKey, a flash drive for trendy people. itsaKey is weirdly shaped, and it offers less protection compared to iamaKey. Trendy indeed.

It’s not exactly fragile because it’s coated with nickel, but there’s no mention of water- or scratch-resistance on its product page. The upside is that itsaKey is cheaper. The 4Gb version costs $15 USD and the 8Gb costs $24 USD. Rounding out the product line is PassKey, a useful little fella that eats your microSD cards, essentially turning them into USB drives.

In other words, PassKey is a microSD card reader, not a flash disk. It has no data capacity of its own. But if you have a bunch of old microSD cards then you only have to shell out $10 USD for the PassKey. Transfer speeds will obviously be slower on the PassKey: it only goes up to 40Mbits/s compared to 480Mbits/s max on the iamaKey and itsaKey.

You can buy all three at LaCie’s shop; I’ve linked the product names to their corresponding product pages. I see a LaCie imaPieceofTrashKey in the future.

[via GetUSB]

Lacie 5big Network Drive Looks Like Hal 9000′S Brother

Technabob — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:00:37 +0000

Designer Neil Poulton got the inspiration for the domed glowing light on the outside of his latest hard drive design from the red light on the face of HAL 9000, the infamous computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

The new LaCie 5big Network storage array is designed for small and medium workgroups looking for a ton of storage at a reasonable price. Heck, I bet it has WAY more memory than HAL 9000 had. The 5big sports five hot-swappable Serial ATA drive bays which can accomodate as much as 7.5 terabytes of disk.

The drives can be configured in a number of array modes, including RAID 5, RAID 5+Spare, RAID 6, RAID 10 and RAID 0. The 5big can be attached to your network via a zippy Gigabit Ethernet port, and additional external drives can be connected via USB 2.0 or SATA ports.

The array also offers built-in Active Directory support, so you can easily add it as a Windows file server for your office. And if you’re not a Windows fan It’ll work with Mac and Linux systems too.

The 5big comes in three sizes: 2.5TB ($899), 5.0TB ($1399), and 7.5TB ($1899), and can be found over on the LaCie website.

Lacie Golden Disk: It’s Getting Gold Outside

Technabob — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:37:08 +0000

Ah, Gold. Computer peripheral maker LaCie has really stepped up their game lately, working with world-renowned artists like Karim Rashid and Neil Poulton to help create some truly stunning accessories. Now they’ve enlisted the help of Ora-Ïto to come up with their latest creation, the Golden Disk.

Looking like a soft pillow of molten gold, the shiny hard drive enclosure is sure to draw stares the minute you place it on your desktop. LaCie is proving that accessories are no longer something you have to hide in under your desk.

The Lacie Golden Disk will retail starting at $189 for a 500GB USB-connected model. They expect to start shipping in late October.

If Donald Trump doesn’t outfit his offices with these, I’ll be very surprised.

[Press Release]

The Lacie Huby: What the Heck is That Thing on Your Desk?

Technabob — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 14:03:56 +0000

This is quite possibly the strangest looking apparatus that I’ve seen in quite some time.

The LaCie Huby is a truly odd looking USB and Firewire hub that emphasizes the cables on your desktop, rather than hiding them away. The bulb-shaped device provides you with an additional 4 USB ports and 2 Firewire ports at the end of its LED illuminated cables. The Huby also has USB-powered light and fan attachments in its arsenal of gadgets.

For those of you who find this kind of design appealing rather than appalling, you can pick one up at the end of December for $79.99 USD.